Party NIMBY

I have to admit it but Friday was a bit of a doss (sorry boss if you're reading this). I blame it on 1) having a bar in the building, 2) having a bar with a large TV and 3) the opportunity to see the Olympic opening ceremony. Quite a few others had the same idea as the bar attracted other summer working students and staff. I left after an hour but with no boss and only another team member in the office we set up another PC with the BBC live feed to see the rest. Loved the scroll idea and aerial running man to light the touch.

When I got home I was reminded that the students next door had warned us of their house party which had already started at 4pm. They were quite polite and good-natured even at about 8pm when they spread themselves out to the back and front of the house, introducing themselves and moving cars for us. I predicted with the amount of booze and early start they'd be wasted by 2am but from the look of their eyes they'd already necked a few cheeky ones (if you know what I mean) hence the friendliness. Kev and Karol stayed the night with Paul and Sarah arriving later, and thanks to Kev I was able to use my laptop for DJing. It was more of a catchup session with some good music as background than a party for us as we kept an eye on next door's antics which mostly involved football chanting, sitting on the flat roof, boys happy-slapping and taking a leak in the garden. By 3am we were knackered and went to bed but things were still going on next door. At 5:30am the neighbours were still shouting and banging doors plus the cat was meowing for food. At 9:30am they were still going in and out of doors and shouting in the street which at this point I'd calculated that my sleep deficit had reached an all time low from the previous weekends.

Saturday was Mark's birthday celebration. It was supposed to be on the beach but the British summer didn't fail to bring rain so a rendezvous at Paul & Sarah's builders site was arranged. A good turn out but we couldn't last the distance. The results from Kerry's baking lesson I'd organised on Thursday night went down rather well. There was an auction of promises at a work's do I'd won so treated Kerry. A chocolate sponge cake and lemon meringue pie was made which amazed everyone especially the meringue at it tasted as light as air.

Bit worried about the cat today as he came back limping and a few clumps of hair missing. Last night he just didn't seem interested in food, growled at being handled and looked very, very depressed. Get well soon Sasha!